Flabelligeridae

Flabelligeridae; Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Order:	Terebellida
Suborder:
Family:	Flabelligeridae
Genera
	Salazar-Vallejo, 2012 ; Brada (polychaete) Stimpson, 1854 ; Hartman, 1967 ; McIntosh, 1885 ; Salazar-Vallejo, 2012 ; Diplocirrus Haase, 1915 ; Salazar-Vallejo, 2012 ; Salazar-Vallejo, 2012 ; Hartman, 1969 ; Sars, 1829 ; Salazar-Vallejo, 2012 ; Chamberlin, 1919 ; †Mazopherusa (?) Hay, 2002 ; Pherusa Oken, 1807 ; Kinberg, 1867 ; Heath, 1930 ; Grube, 1877 ; Chamberlin, 1919 ; Delle Chiaje, 1831 (includes Coppingeria Haswell, 1892; fide Salazar-Vallejo 2011) ; Chamberlin, 1919 ; Salazar-Vallejo, 2011 ; Hartman, 1959 (includes Therochaetella Hartman, 1967) ;
Synonyms
	Poeobiidae Heath, 1930

Flabelligeridae is a family of polychaete worms, known as the 'cage worms', notable for their cephalic cage: the chaetae of the first chaetigers form a fan-like arrangement surrounding the eversible head.^[1]

Mazopherusa is a possible fossil example from the Carboniferous; other fossil material is only dubiously assigned to the family.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Westheide, Wilfried; Purschke, Günter; Bleidorn, Christoph; Helm, Conrad; Mackie, Andrew S.Y.; Böggemann, Markus; Blake, James A.; Ebbe, Brigitte; Zhadan, Anna E.; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; Dean, Harlan K.; Magalhães, Wagner; Martínez, Alejandro; Worsaae, Katrine; Núñez, Jorge; Fiege, Dieter; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2019). "7. Pleistoannelida". In Purschke, Günter; Böggemann, Markus; Westheide, Wilfried (eds.). Annelida Basal Groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria I. Vol. 1. De Gruyter. pp. 398–421. doi:10.1515/9783110291582-007. ISBN 9783110291582.

[Westheide2019-1] Westheide, Wilfried; Purschke, Günter; Bleidorn, Christoph; Helm, Conrad; Mackie, Andrew S.Y.; Böggemann, Markus; Blake, James A.; Ebbe, Brigitte; Zhadan, Anna E.; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; Dean, Harlan K.; Magalhães, Wagner; Martínez, Alejandro; Worsaae, Katrine; Núñez, Jorge; Fiege, Dieter; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2019). "7. Pleistoannelida". In Purschke, Günter; Böggemann, Markus; Westheide, Wilfried (eds.). Annelida Basal Groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria I. Vol. 1. De Gruyter. pp. 398–421. doi:10.1515/9783110291582-007. ISBN 9783110291582.

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